Author: Trent
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A Violent End to a Desperate Dream Leaves a Guatemalan Town Grieving – The New York Times
A Violent End to a Desperate Dream Leaves a Guatemalan Town Grieving The trek from Central America to U.S. soil has always been perilous, but a massacre with many victims from one corner of Guatemala has shaken that country. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/world/americas/guatemala-migrants-massacre-comitancillo.html A group of 13 migrants who left Comitancillo in January didn’t even get the…
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One Life One Chance with Toby Morse: Estevan Oriol (photographer/director) on Apple Podcasts
One Life One Chance with Toby Morse: Estevan Oriol (photographer/director) on Apple Podcasts Show One Life One Chance with Toby Morse, Ep Estevan Oriol (photographer/director) – Mar 1, 2021 via Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/estevan-oriol-photographer-director/id1449669906?i=1000511091140 Toby sits down with photographer/director Estevan Oriol and they talk about being born and raised in LA, starting as a doorman, becoming…
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Donna Ferrato: HOLY – LENSCRATCH
Donna Ferrato: HOLY – LENSCRATCH Holy is forged from one woman’s outrage against a woman-hating world. Donna Ferrato’s radical photographs showcase the remarkable ways women survive, endure, and change. Holy depicts women who prevail. Holy is an invitation to understand denigration, abus via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/donna-ferrato-holy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Holy is forged from one woman’s outrage against a woman-hating world. Donna Ferrato’s radical photographs showcase…
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Unflinching photos of austerity in Newcastle in the ‘70s & ‘80s
Unflinching photos of austerity in Newcastle in the ‘70s & ‘80s When photographer Tish Murtha died suddenly in 2013, she left behind a largely forgotten archive of extraordinary images of working-class communities in the North East. Now, her daughter Ella is seeking to revive her mother’s legacy with a documentary fil via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/unflinching-photos-of-austerity-in-newcastle-in-the-70s-80s/…
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Blind – Retracing the Route of a Country Doctor in Rural Indiana
Retracing the Route of a Country Doctor in Rural Indiana Inspired by the iconic work of W. Eugene Smith, Rebecca Norris Webb traces the route of her father, a country doctor, in the new book Night Calls. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/1260/Retracing-The-Route-Of-A-Country-Doctor-In-Rural-Indiana Inspired by the iconic work of W. Eugene Smith, Rebecca Norris Webb traces the route of…
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David Alan Harvey Has Resigned From Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey Has Resigned From Magnum Photos Harvey splits from Magnum via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/18/david-alan-harvey-has-resigned-from-magnum-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Magnum’s announcement that it has been cleared of wrongdoing here was recently called into question. The organization should complete its review later this year.
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Jason Langer: Twenty Years – LENSCRATCH
Jason Langer: Twenty Years – LENSCRATCH “Jason seems to have absorbed the entirety of photo history, particularly the so-called “New York School”, identified by historian Jane Livngstone in her book of that title from the early 1990’s: Arbus; Avedon; Brodovitch; Croner; Davidson; Donaghy; Faure via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/jason-langer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Six years ago, I wrote a review of…
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Picturing the Surreality of Grief for Mexico’s Disappeared | The New Yorker
Picturing the Surreality of Grief for Mexico’s Disappeared The photographer Yael Martínez conjures a world of despair not through what he depicts but through what the viewer senses to be looming right outside the frame. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/picturing-the-surreality-of-grief-for-mexicos-disappeared In September of 2013, the photographer Yael Martínez received a distressing phone call from his…
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WATCH: Visual Storytelling Masterclass with Caroline Gutman – PhotoShelter Blog
WATCH: Visual Storytelling Masterclass with Caroline Gutman – PhotoShelter Blog When it comes to visual storytelling, there are several key components to keep in mind to ensure you and your images make the most impact. Last week we sat down with Philly-based photojournalist Caroline Gutman for a visual storytelling masterclass. She s via PhotoShelter Blog:…
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Blind – Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson”
Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson” — Blind Magazine The photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of Magnum Photos, publishes a beautiful photo book on India with Atelier EXB: it’s an immersive experience with a touch of mystery. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/harry-gruyaert-india-is-a-life-lesson/ The photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of Magnum Photos, publishes a beautiful photo…
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Eclipse – The Leica camera Blog
Eclipse Ever since experiencing the solar eclipse in 2015, Luca Bottazzi is captivated by the indefinable space between day and night. With his Eclipse series, he creates a narrative that reveals the darkening of the sun as a magical moment of everyday life.
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The Twenty Years War | Conscientious Photography Magazine
The Twenty Years War via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-twenty-years-war/ Peter van Agtmael has been documenting the Twenty Year War since its very beginning. I first spoke with him in 2007 and then again ten years later. He has published a number of books, all of them essential records of a country too embroiled in its…
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Obituary: Grace Robertson | 1854 Photography
Obituary: Grace Robertson | 1854 Photography The British photographer known for her trailblazing series documenting the joys and challenges in the lives of everyday women is remembered via 1854 Photography: https://www.1854.photography/2021/03/obituary-grace-robertson/ The British photographer known for her trailblazing series documenting the joys and challenges in the lives of everyday women is remembered
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What is an NFT and Why Should Photographers Care?
What is an NFT and Why Should Photographers Care? The photographer’s guide to the rapidly-evolving NFT space. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/12/what-is-an-nft-and-why-should-photographers-care/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Seemingly overnight, NFTs became the hottest acronym on social media and in headlines. On Thursday, a single JPG file created by Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, sold in an online auction for $69.3 million.…
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Adobe Photoshop’s ‘Super Resolution’ Made My Jaw Hit the Floor
Adobe Photoshop’s ‘Super Resolution’ Made My Jaw Hit the Floor Adobe just dropped its latest software updates via the Creative Cloud and among those updates is a new feature in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) called “Super via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/13/adobe-photoshops-super-resolution-made-my-jaw-hit-the-floor/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 Adobe just dropped its latest software updates via the Creative Cloud and among those updates is…
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Nick Meyer: The Local – LENSCRATCH
Nick Meyer: The Local – LENSCRATCH Photographer Nick Meyer has created a remarkable body of work with his powerful project and new book published by MACK, The Local. It’s a collection of unrelenting seeing from a perspective of compassion and familiarity with place, but also a keen sensiti via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/nick-meyer-the-local/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Photographer Nick Meyer has…
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Photographing the 10 Year Anniversary of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident – PhotoShelter Blog
Photographing the 10 Year Anniversary of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Accident – PhotoShelter Blog James Whitlow Delano traveled to Sendai, Japan to capture images of a region battered by a tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown on the 10 year anniversary. via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/03/photographing-the-10-year-anniversary-of-japans-fukushima-nuclear-accident/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoshelterBlog+%28PhotoShelter+Blog%29 Photojournalist and Founder of @everydayclimatechange James Whitlow Delano has lived and worked…
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Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith – Photographs by Jason Eskenazi | Book review by Justin Herfst | LensCulture
Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith – Photographs by Jason Eskenazi | Book review by Justin Herfst | LensCulture Photographer Jason Eskenazi traveled throughout Russia before and after the fall of the USSR and created a remarkable photobook that reverberates with the classic structure of dark fairy tales via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jason-eskenazi-wonderland-a-fairy-tale-of-the-soviet-monolith Photographer Jason…
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Aaron Rose, Photographer Whose Work Long Went Unseen, Dies at 84 – The New York Times
Aaron Rose, Photographer Whose Work Long Went Unseen, Dies at 84 Spurning commercialism, he made thousands of one-of-a-kind prints that for decades he largely kept to himself. Then came a show at the Whitney. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/arts/aaron-rose-photographer-dead.html Mr. Rose was that rarest of artists: one who doesn’t chase after gallery shows or sales to deep-pocketed collectors.…
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The Restoration Will – Photographs and text by Mayumi Suzuki | LensCulture
The Restoration Will – Photographs and text by Mayumi Suzuki | LensCulture The 2011 tsunami in Japan destroyed this artist’s home, decimated her father’s photo studio, and took the lives of her parents via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/mayumi-suzuki-the-restoration-will The 2011 tsunami in Japan destroyed this artist’s home, decimated her father’s photo studio, and took the lives of…